The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25

Men like Heber y. hlmDal1 are not
accidents. They are emphatically and
in the truest sense children of destiny.
If we seek their origin and would
know their truth, we must not halt be-
side the humble cradle which lulled
their infant cares to rest. We must
rise on spirit wings above the mists and
vapors of mortality, and survey them
in the light of an eternal existence, a
life without beginning or end.
Says one of old: "Now the Lord had
shown unto me, Abraham, the intel
Licences that were organized before the
world was; and amorg all these there
were many OF the noble and great ones;
and God saw these souls that they were
good, and he stood in the midst of them,
and he said, These l will make my
rulers; for he stood among those that
were spirits, and he saw that they were
good, and he said unto me, Abraham,
thou art one of them. thou vast chosen
before thou vast born"
Again unto jeremiah: Before l
formed thee in the belly knew thee;
and before thou earnest forth out Of the
womb | sanctified thee, and ordained
thee prophet unto the nations"
What is true in this respect of an
Gent prophets is true also of modern
prophets, for verify are their origin,
their mission and their destiny the
| same.
| It deYolyed upon the subject of this
| writing to come forth at time which
has no parallel in all the ages of the
/ past. The day of Gods power and of
! lions glory was about to dawn. The
Sun that set in blood behind Judea's
hills was soon to rise DER lions
mountainous and food the world
with light. Thelatter-day dispensatiex
was opening. All things in Christ were
to be gathered in one. The curtain oil
history had risen on the last act of the
tragedy of Time.
Would God leave the world without
"great and noble ones" at such an hour
Heber Chase Kimball was thorn into
this life June IL 1901. The same sol
produced him that in colonial time:
brought forth an Ethan Allen, the hero
of Ticonderoga, and in later years the
wondrous twain known to the world As
| Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.
A far greater work than the capture
of a British fortress was in the future
of this Mormon triad of Screen Noun
tain boys" who went forth 'in the
name of the great Jehovah" to invade
the strongholds of Satan, and plant the
banner of gospel truth above the rar
| ,,a 70 of hic nonnnpTpd 0ifEd
Heber's birthplace was the town Of
Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont
ten miles from the shores of Lake
Champlain. He was the fourth child
and second son in family of seven.
His fathers name was Solomon
Farnhah Klmball, 3 native OF Massa-
chusetts. He was q man." SAYS
Heber, "of good moral character anc
! principles, and though he professed nc
religion, yet he taught his children good
morals.
INV mother, whose name before bel
union with my father was Anna Spaul
ding, was 4 strict Presbyterian; slit
lived virtuous life, and, according t.
the best OF her knowledge, taught be-
children the ways Of righteousness
She was born in New Hampshire. il
the town of Plsinfeld. on the banks @
the COnnecflcuG hlVer.
The Kimballs were of Scotch descen,
their ancient name, it is believed, bein,
Campbell. Heber's grandfather and
brother came from England, in time Il
assist in gaining the independence O
the colonies. In America his ancestor
and those of the Prophet Joseph Smitl
were related by marriage.
.Heber derived his given name from
Judge Chase, of Massachusetts, b.
whom HIS father was reared from boy
and who CHANGED to visit his forme
protege soon after his son was born
The judge himself proposed tn
christening, and the parents bein
nothing 10th, Heber Chase Kimbsll be
came the infants name.
At the age Of fourteen he was put Il
| work in his fathers blacksmith shou
and acquired knowledge of that usefu
| trs de. When he was nineteenth
father having met with business re
verses and lost his property-he wa
thrown entirely upon his own re
| sources and now began to taste the frs
bitter experience of his lie.
He vas q singular compound, in hi
nature, of courage and timidity, o
weakness and strength; uniting
penchsnt for mirth, with proneness t.
melancholy, and blending the lion
like qualities of leader among men
with the bashfulness and lamb-hk
simplicity of child.
He was not q coward; Drawer ma
iprobably never lived than Heber
KiDlhail His courage. though, wa